A few years ago, Audi announced that it would be developing a drivetrain for the R8 supercar that would be based sort of around it’s LeMans prototype racers in that it would be a hybrid diesel electric drivetrain that would make all the torques. That ultimately failed spectacularly when the prototype burst into flames and […] More »
By: Jonathon Klein | September 30, 2014
Over the course of the last few years, the Japanese auto makers have been striving, struggling, and doing whatever they can to break into the exclusively German luxury car market. On the one hand you have Lexus that has been making amazing headway with almost their entire lineup, and then there’s Nissan’s Infiniti, which…hasn’t. […] More »
By: Jonathon Klein | September 22, 2014
Living on the “North Coast”, Michigan’s Northern Lower Peninsula, is sometimes tough for a car enthusiast. We have long winters, short summers, no local road courses, only a few small car clubs, and did I mention the long, cold, snowy, car destroying winters? Thankfully we have MFD Classic Motors. The facility is located in the heart […] More »
By: Tim DeLong | August 28, 2014
You would assume that when companies get folded into a larger company, in this case Porsche and Audi into VW, that the managing head of the company would get everyone to play nicely with one another since now they are on the same team. Well, the Germans at the moment are not playing nicely, and […] More »
By: Jonathon Klein | July 24, 2014
Remember the Porsche 959 from the 1980s? That beast was so popular it almost made the automaker completely change the 911’s performance DNA in order to offer customers a more affordable successor to it. For decades, Porsche has added power to the 911 by bolting on turbochargers to its flat-six engine. Back in the Reagan […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | June 19, 2014
Porsche used to own Le Mans (figuratively of course). From 1970 to 1998, they won 16 constructor championships, destroying Ferrari’s record -which only required a single digit to write- of 9. Porsche left to go and perfect the road car, and Audi took their place, winning 12 of the next 14 years. Audi’s domination of […] More »
By: Zack Klapman | June 11, 2014
I was invited to the new Los Angeles location of the Exotics Racing Driving Experience, to drive a supercar of my choosing. This is a brief description of my experience. I was out the door before I’d texted, “yes”. I get to test drive a lot of fast cars —most recently comparing a new Porsche […] More »
By: Zack Klapman | April 22, 2014
